What a year. GTA IV remains my favourite of that series by a distance, but I can't deny my love for Fable II, a rare game my wife actually sat and watched me play from start to finish. Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2 (still the best one!), PoP (which I liked more than most), L4D... we ate good, as they say

How did they do this on a PS2. It felt like the future at the time and in so many ways it still does now

Still thinking about the basketball bit in The Phoenician Scheme.

If you enjoyed my Christmas short story about little, serious Sean (ok, even if it wet your eyes a bit) please could you help a tiny orphan (me) and share it? Gawd bless us everyone. timwrite.net/a-christmas-...

You have to say that's magnificent

Titanfall 2: Deluxe Edition / PlayStation 4 / Respawn Entertainment / 2016

An early Xmas present has arrived: @lostincult.co.uk [lock-on] 006, an extra special one: firstly a few hundred lucky folks received an exclusive @csmashvrs.bsky.social EP and sticker with it and secondly it contains my long and passionate conversation with the “Gentle Giants” at @thebehemoth.com.

Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty' franchise, killed in crash www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...

Next, @radishgames.com tracked down Toshio Iwai to talk about the canceled SNES first-party game Sound Fantasy and how that ultimately led to Electroplankton.

POV: You just read a book on the history of Liverpool.

lmao, how predictable

An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼

Tate getting his face rearranged is possibly even funnier than the Jake Paul KO, particularly since his opponent was a total amateur wearing pink gloves who appeared to have learned his uppercut technique from cartoons.

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.

Then and now: Super Mario Galaxy 2, followed by Vanquish and Ghost Trick

I had such a huge soft spot for Binary Domain back then (and still do) but there's one game from 2012 I still play at least once or twice a week to this day and that's Super Hexagon.

New review! Mileships from @ianmcque.bsky.social is a wonderful trip into a world of gravity-defying ships. Through incredible artwork and in-world journals and history, you'll get lost in this unique reality! My full review of the narrative artbook - www.artbookcollector.com/post/book-re...

All the games are on sale, because it's winter! store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa... 🔥 IMMORTALITY - $9.99 📹 TELLING LIES - $4.99 ☕ HER STORY - $4.99 And you are obliged to 💫Wishlist our upcoming projects PROJECT C and PROJECT D whilst you're at it! #SteamSale #SteamWinterSale #Cheap #Art

He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith! advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...

Just played this now and it's wonderful. Give it a go!

Feels unbelievable to hold this thing in my hands. It began life as an article for Vice and before I’d even written a single word I’d pitched it as a book. From the interviews alone, I just knew the story was too good to not keep going beyond that initial article. That was 2020. Long time ago!

So exciting to see the first of @lostincult.co.uk‘s physical game releases start to ship! I had the pleasure of art directing the Animal Well cover art featuring brand new artwork from the immense talents of both Derek Yu and @madebyabra.com. They knocked it out of the park, so proud of these!

This post spills the beans about our new game called “Abide”!! And goes into how the company is doing. (Probably not a surprise: we need your help) www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...

oh my god

Then and now: Fire Emblem: Awakening Runners up: Device 6, Super Mario 3D World, Year Walk, Proteus, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, Papers Please. (And the first two-fifths of KR0.)

I'd put Eliza in my visual novel hall-of-fame, without question. It's hauntingly prescient and delicately empathetic. Posits massive existential questions without robbing the player of the joy in excavating their own answers.

Research is the MAGIC TIME on any project where I get to go have fun and explore. And 100% what you are looking for are the surprising and amazing details and textures that you could never make up

The Mastermind: see below

On the plus side, we've got at least a year to prepare for the discourse

There's a reply to this post that is comfortably one of the worst takes I've seen in the whole of 2025

Wake Up Dead Man: Joshy O really has the juice, huh?

The Sailor's Dream, 80 Days, Mario Kart 8, Hohokum, Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails, Jazzpunk, The Last of Us: Left Behind

At a time when billionaires are making wild promises about techno-utopias, it's worth taking a closer look at Apex Legends' map of Olympus: a doomed utopia where unquestioning belief in the goodness of science proved to be its downfall. My first piece for Eteo Archetypes is now live!

Reposting this with alt text. Delete your Twitter. Now.

Fun list! I endorse the #1 pick

And now... THE FINAL DAY! WIN a copy of [lock-on] 006 SIGNED by the legendary YOSHITAKA AMANO! ⚔️ Like, follow, share and show us something you've made this year - anything from a tweet to a video game, if you made it we wanna see it! Day 7-11 Winners / T&C's ⤵️

Immortality, obv. Then Pentiment. Then Poinpy. Then Roadwarden.

Take a wild guess 😂

Terrific piece on a wonderful collection of games

UNLOCKED: The best thing I've written all year. On Horses, Salò, and Pasolini's "indigestible art."

Delighted to see this piece up! Massive thank you to all the women who shared their experience with me for this 🖤 www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...

The 'Good Luck, Babe!' bit of David Ehrlich's 25 Best Films of 2025 list is going to be incredible.

Kinda spooky to see this on the timeline just as I pass 50k words on the Simogo book

And 4/4. Cheers to @iamgrahams.bsky.social for compiling these, and to our Discorders for pulling them together.

3/4...

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Our Discorders answered the question, 'what if the games of 2025 were Simpsons stills?' Judge the results for yourself.

Then and now: Bonfire Peaks / Dungeon Encounters Shout-outs to: Jett: The Far Shore, Olija, Exo One, Genesis Noir, Unpacking, Psychonauts 2, Elec Head, Sable, Boomerang X, Ynglet

Conversely, I cannot take a good picture. Which I think makes me Waluigi Mangione?